The European football thread - Page 323

bababui · 10-24-2006, 02:54 PM

Sre you listening to Dan Patrick? Much Kenny Rogers controversy.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 02:56 PM

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Sre you listening to Dan Patrick? Much Kenny Rogers controversy.

No I'm not, because as I said when you gave me the link I'm bound to forget a lot of the time.

EDIT - it's an advert break now.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

No I'm not, because as I said when you gave me the link I'm bound to forget a lot of the time.

EDIT - it's an advert break now.

Me too.

I find the Dan Patrick show rather addictive as its a nice balance of info and entertainment.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 03:01 PM

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Me too.

I find the Dan Patrick show rather addictive as its a nice balance of info and entertainment.

Talking about ESPN, on another note, they are on the brink of purchasing NASN so maybe the ESPN programming will return soon. :fingerscrossed:

bababui · 10-24-2006, 03:04 PM

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Talking about ESPN, on another note, they are on the brink of purchasing NASN so maybe the ESPN programming will return soon. :fingerscrossed:

I cant understand why they pulled their programming in the first place. Bad business, IMO.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 03:07 PM

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I cant understand why they pulled their programming in the first place. Bad business, IMO.

Maybe because people have been cancelling, Setanta are willing to sell for a lot less than they would have before, and as ESPN are not in Europe, with all the rights they would have, it could have been a cunning plan that worked out well.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

Maybe because people have been cancelling, Setanta are willing to sell for a lot less than they would have before, and as ESPN are not in Europe, with all the rights they would have, it could have been a cunning plan that worked out well.

I hate ESPN so Im buying into that conspiracy theory.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 03:16 PM

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I hate ESPN so Im buying into that conspiracy theory.

I'm surprised ESPN have taken so long to set-up a channel in Europe tbh.
IMO this will be a good move for everyone.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

I'm surprised ESPN have taken so long to set-up a channel in Europe tbh.
IMO this will be a good move for everyone.

Yep

Considering that they are everywhere else in the world its an incredibly myopic move.

Are you going to wake up at 1:30am to watch the WS?

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 03:20 PM

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Yep

Considering that they are everywhere else in the world its an incredibly myopic move.

They used to be a part-owner of Eurosport, so much so the news programme was called "SportsCenter" (with American spelling).

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Are you going to wake up at 1:30am to watch the WS?

No, I'm not a night owl.

The Superbowl is about the only thing I will stay up all night for.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 03:25 PM

Do you miss the Dynasty writing or was it more of a necessary evil for you? I sure liked reading it.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 03:27 PM

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Do you miss the Dynasty writing or was it more of a necessary evil for you? I sure liked reading it.

I miss seeing "history" unfold, but the amount of writing took a lot out of me.
I'm someone who if I stop doing something, I won't restart it, so I always tried to keep a quick turnaround between updates. And that just burned me out I think.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 03:29 PM

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I'm someone who if I stop doing something, I won't restart it,

Me too. Thats why Ive never been able to go further than 5 years into any sports game.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 03:37 PM

I thought you said I was 3rd in the fantasy league?
I'm in 5th, one point behind you.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 06:04 PM

For anyone interested in the strife at West Ham, they lost again tonight in the League Cup at League One Chesterfield, 2-1. That is their eighth straight loss in a row in all competitions.

Now on to more important issues, and I have found out that Wikipedia are biased against MT.
Put in Travis Hafner's nickname in the search, and on the disambiguation page it appears thus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronk

Now put in Mark's nickname, and you get NOTHING:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex

Clearly they are biased against him.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 06:09 PM

Maybe because no one can spell his name.

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 06:11 PM

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Maybe because no one can spell his name.

Could be. Not even the fan of him got it right first time around.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 06:17 PM

The great thing about Wiki is that fans can add to it and make up for its deficiencies. (hint hint)

Sdpm100 · 10-24-2006, 06:19 PM

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The great thing about Wiki is that fans can add to it and make up for its deficiencies. (hint hint)

No, I don't add to it, I just read it and use it for research.

bababui · 10-24-2006, 06:21 PM

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No, I don't add to it, I just read it and use it for research.

If I was your Prof I would assign you to apply some of your research to the MT page to make it more complete.

10-24-2006, 02:54 PM	#6441
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10-24-2006, 03:37 PM	#6454
Sdpm100 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, England Posts: 7,644	I thought you said I was 3rd in the fantasy league? I'm in 5th, one point behind you.

10-24-2006, 06:04 PM	#6455
Sdpm100 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, England Posts: 7,644	For anyone interested in the strife at West Ham, they lost again tonight in the League Cup at League One Chesterfield, 2-1. That is their eighth straight loss in a row in all competitions. Now on to more important issues, and I have found out that Wikipedia are biased against MT. Put in Travis Hafner's nickname in the search, and on the disambiguation page it appears thus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronk Now put in Mark's nickname, and you get NOTHING: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex Clearly they are biased against him.

10-24-2006, 06:09 PM	#6456
bababui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14,147 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Maybe because no one can spell his name.

10-24-2006, 06:17 PM	#6458
bababui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14,147 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	The great thing about Wiki is that fans can add to it and make up for its deficiencies. (hint hint)